someone was out there. yeah. we were scared. mystery number two. a secret 1600 miles away. there were several text messages. it s just slowly snowballing. it was like a punch in the gut. and mystery number three. i m mean. i m going to hurt you. who would they turn out to be? i m like, damn, what did this lady do? faith. temptation. and a twist the size of texas. let s be very clear. justice needs to be served. i don t think it has been. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. tonight, andrea canning with the carrollton plot. reporter: but travel east a hundred miles or so and you enter the piney woods of east texas. jobs are not as plentiful here. dreerms deferred. and some keep bail bondsmen on speed dial. all the people we re dealing here with are poor. there s a lot of drugs, a lot of methamphetamine out there. reporter: different quul cultures worlds apart. and yet one summer those two worlds collided in a most unlikely way. this is the
someone was out there. yeah. we were scared. mystery number two. a secret 1600 miles away. there were several text messages. it s just slowly snowballing. it was like a punch in the gut. and mystery number three. i m mean. i m going to hurt you. who would they turn out to be? i m like, damn, what did this lady do? faith. temptation. and a twist the size of texas. let s be very clear. justice needs to be served. i don t think it has been. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. tonight, andrea canning with the carrollton plot. reporter: but travel east a hundred miles or so and you enter the piney woods of east texas. jobs are not as plentiful here. dreerms deferred. and some keep bail bondsmen on speed dial. all the people we re dealing here with are poor. there s a lot of drugs, a lot of methamphetamine out there. reporter: different quul cultures worlds apart. and yet one summer those two worlds collided in a most unlikely way. this is the
someone was out there. yeah. we were scared. mystery number two. a secret 1600 miles away. there were several text messages. it s just slowly snowballing. it was like a punch in the gut. and mystery number three. i m mean. i m going to hurt you. who would they turn out to be? i m like, damn, what did this lady do? faith. temptation. and a twist the size of texas. let s be very clear. justice needs to be served. i don t think it has been. i m lester holt, and this is dateline. tonight, andrea canning with the carrollton plot. reporter: but travel east a hundred miles or so and you enter the piney woods of east texas. jobs are not as plentiful here. dreerms deferred. and some keep bail bondsmen on speed dial. all the people we re dealing here with are poor. there s a lot of drugs, a lot of methamphetamine out there. reporter: different quul cultures worlds apart. and yet one summer those two worlds collided in a most unlikely way. this is the
it s just slowly snowballing. it was like a punch in the gut! reporter: sins and secrets! i m mean! i m gonna hurtchoo! i m like, damn! what did this lady do? this is just like something you d see in a movie reporter: carrollton, texas, just north of dallas, is the kind of place where the upwardly mobile go to buy their dreams. the schools are good. golf courses dot the landscape. and churches are more ubiquitous than starbucks. there s not a whole lot of violent crime in that area. great area to raise kids and a family. reporter: but travel east a hundred miles or so and you enter the piney woods of east texas. jobs are not as plentiful here, dreams are deferred and some keep bail bondsmen on speed dial. all the people we re dealing here with are poor. there s a lot of drugs, lotta methamphetamine out there. reporter: different cultures worlds apart. and yet one summer those two worlds collided in a most unlikely way. this is the story of that sum
it s just slowly snowballing. it was like a punch in the gut! reporter: sins and secrets! i m mean! i m gonna hurtchoo! i m like, damn! what did this lady do? this is just like something you d see in a movie reporter: carrollton, texas, just north of dallas, is the kind of place where the upwardly mobile go to buy their dreams. the schools are good. golf courses dot the landscape. and churches are more ubiquitous than starbucks. there s not a whole lot of violent crime in that area. great area to raise kids and a family. reporter: but travel east a hundred miles or so and you enter the piney woods of east texas. jobs are not as plentiful here, dreams are deferred and some keep bail bondsmen on speed dial. all the people we re dealing here with are poor. there s a lot of drugs, lotta methamphetamine out there. reporter: different cultures worlds apart. and yet one summer those two worlds collided in a most unlikely way. this is the story of that sum